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e-Invoicing

A single, scalable, cloud-based solution to manage e-invoicing and VAT submissions simultaneously

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Gain control over real-time tax reporting and e-invoicing compliance requirements

Vertex e-Invoicing enables organizations to transform their invoicing processes. It provides a single, integrated, global solution to streamline the creation, exchange, clearance, and e-archiving of e-invoices. Businesses can leverage this automated solution to help improve compliance with jurisdictional mandates and requirements on a country-by-country basis. The solution streamlines AR and AP e-invoicing processes for tax authority connectivity and meeting your regulatory compliance needs.

Simplify e-invoicing and VAT compliance with a single global platform.

Vertex delivers a cloud-based e-invoicing solution that enables compliant invoice creation, validation, transmission, and archiving across 40+ countries. Built to support jurisdiction-specific mandates—including self-billing, local language and format requirements, and secure protocols like Peppol—our solution ensures interoperability and compliance at scale.

 

Going beyond e-invoicing, our integrated platform supports VAT compliance across 50+ countries with real-time and periodic reporting, jurisdiction-ready returns, and transaction-level reconciliation.

 

With nearly 50 years of indirect tax experience, Vertex delivers continuously updated tax content, region-specific reporting logic, and automated workflows that help businesses stay ahead of evolving mandates.

 

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Streamline AP and AR compliance.

Vertex centralizes invoice management for accounts payable and receivable—boosting compliance, visibility, and operational efficiency across jurisdictions.

 

One platform. Global reach.
Connect to government platforms and tax authorities through one integration point. Our solution supports multi-country mandates and adapts to evolving local requirements, reducing manual effort and ensuring continuous compliance.

 

Automate the full invoice lifecycle.

  • Accounts Receivable: Automate e-invoice creation, validation, clearance, digital signature, verification, and compliant archiving—tailored to country-specific rules.
  • Accounts Payable: Monitor, authorize, and streamline self-billing and invoice control within a single framework.

 

Improve financial performance.
Accelerate payment cycles, enhance cash flow, and reduce compliance costs. Gain visibility from order to fulfillment while eliminating duplicate systems and manual processes.

 

Achieve clarity across finance.
Unify AP and AR operations, minimize vendor complexity, and simplify compliance—without compromising control or scalability.

A unified platform for e-invoicing and VAT compliance

Vertex e-Invoicing is part of a single, integrated platform that also includes Vertex VAT Compliance and optional capabilities like Invoice IQ. This unified approach eliminates the need for disconnected tools or manual workarounds—delivering consistent workflows, one-click reconciliation between e-invoicing and VAT reporting, and full visibility across real-time and periodic compliance.

 

Built to integrate with leading ERP systems—including Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and Workday Financials—Vertex offers a range of pre-built connectors, APIs, and SFTP options to support additional source systems.

 

This flexibility allows tax, finance, and IT teams to align on a centralized compliance strategy—reducing operational complexity while improving accuracy, automation, and agility. Consolidating e-invoicing and indirect tax processes on one platform helps organizations scale more efficiently and stay ahead of regulatory change.

Real-time visibility across countries, transactions, and compliance tasks

Vertex provides end-to-end visibility into the e-invoicing process—across supported countries, invoice statuses, and transaction types. From order through fulfillment, teams can monitor progress, identify exceptions, and flag delayed payments or reporting issues in real time. Country-level tracking enables faster action by Finance and helps reduce exposure to compliance risk.

 

Because e-Invoicing and VAT Compliance operate on a single platform, users can quickly toggle between modules and reconcile e-invoices with VAT reporting in one click. Automated alerts notify stakeholders of critical events, keeping tax, finance, and IT teams informed—without requiring manual oversight.

 

It’s visibility that keeps your business proactive, aligned, and in control.

Trust the experts behind the automation.

At the heart of Vertex’s e-invoicing and VAT compliance platform is a robust, continuously updated content engine—built and maintained by a global team of indirect tax experts.

 

With jurisdiction-specific rules, tax rate updates, and legal logic that reflect the latest mandates, Vertex helps ensure that every invoice and report meets local requirements. Monthly updates deliver timely changes to calculations, formats, and workflows—so your team can automate with confidence, reduce audit risk, and stay compliant as regulations evolve.

 

Whether you're managing self-billing, real-time reporting, or e-archiving, you can rely on Vertex for the regulatory intelligence that powers global compliance.

Purpose-built for complexity. Designed for growth.

In today’s evolving tax landscape, businesses need more than basic compliance tools. Vertex delivers a unified platform that supports every stage of VAT compliance—including e-invoicing, jurisdiction-specific tax rates, calculation logic, and adapting to new or changing tax regimes. By consolidating these capabilities into a single solution, organizations eliminate fragmented systems and reduce the risk of manual error.

 

Built for scale, Vertex supports compliance across more than 19,000 tax jurisdictions worldwide. As your business grows, the platform evolves with it—supporting new mandates, business models, and regulatory frameworks. Whether you’re navigating Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC), Periodic Transaction Controls (PTC), or shifting global requirements, Vertex helps ensure accurate, consistent compliance wherever you operate.

Why Vertex

Vertex is the only provider offering a unified platform that seamlessly integrates e-invoicing, VAT periodic reporting, tax rate updates, calculation logic, and jurisdiction-specific mandates. This comprehensive approach enables businesses to manage global tax obligations with greater confidence, accuracy, and agility.

 

Designed to keep pace with evolving regulations, our platform supports both Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) and Periodic Transaction Controls (PTC)—streamlining invoice exchange, clearance, e-archiving, and VAT reporting. Built-in AI capabilities guide users through complex compliance processes, reducing manual effort and helping minimize the risk of costly errors.

 

But we offer more than technology. Vertex is a long-term partner committed to your business transformation. Our global team of tax experts monitors regulatory change, delivering the insights and support you need to stay compliant and expand into new markets.

 

With Vertex, you gain more than a solution—you gain a partner built for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

The Vertex differentiators

Integration positive

Periodic and continuous transaction controls for end-to-end transaction lifecycle

Globally

Multi-country coverage easily expanded as new VAT/GST and global e-invoicing mandates emerge to stay compliant

Leave no transaction behind

What would you do if your company’s invoices were effectively treated as miniature tax returns the moment they were issued? And what if these real-time tax reporting requirements varied from country to country or from customer to customer?

Automate end-to-end indirect tax reporting obligations

Track Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) against Periodic Transaction Control (PTC) requirements and manage e-invoicing, e-reporting, and periodic returns and reports through a single location.

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““We chose Vertex because of its extensive global market coverage and its ability to seamlessly integrate with our existing systems. By consolidating our global e-invoicing processes in one solution, we can ensure compliance with diverse regulatory requirements now and in the future, which is crucial to our global operations””

Simon Grosser,
Business Operations Manager, TeamViewer

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e-Invoicing FAQs

e-invoicing (short for “electronic invoicing”) is the digital process of creating, sending, receiving, and processing invoices between businesses (B2B) or between businesses and government entities (B2G). This new electronic method replaces the traditional paper-based or digital invoicing system with a structured electronic format, opening the door to innovation with technology and automation.

e-invoicing is becoming increasingly popular worldwide due to its numerous advantages, including efficiency, accuracy, transparency, and enhanced security. A growing number of governments are mandating or incentivizing businesses to switch to electronic invoicing methods, both to promote digitalization and combat tax evasion.

e-invoicing is not a replacement for periodic reporting. While e-invoicing enables real-time/near real-time reporting of invoice data, it is not a replacement for periodic reporting of tax obligations such as VAT summary returns. Businesses must fulfill their regular reporting requirements based on jurisdiction-specific regulations, in addition to these new mandates.

e-invoicing is different from locally compliant invoices delivered to customers. Businesses are often still required to generate and deliver jurisdiction-compliant invoices to their customers (business, government or individuals) as per the specific requirements and or commercial needs of each jurisdiction.

e-invoicing is not a direct payment service to regulatory bodies. e-invoicing does not involve immediate payment to regulatory bodies at the time of invoice reporting. It is primarily a mechanism for transmitting structured invoice data to enable tax authorities to track and validate VAT liability. Payment of VAT or other taxes is typically handled separately and according to the established payment processes in each jurisdiction.

e-invoice mandates are implemented on a country-by-country basis, with each jurisdiction having its own specific regulations. To date, over 50 countries have e-invoicing mandates, with additional countries announcing new mandates every day.

For some jurisdictions, Peppol is the required access point. Learn More about Peppol worldwide usage.

CTC involves the real-time monitoring and reporting of transactions, providing tax administrations with enhanced capabilities to combat VAT fraud and improve tax collection. This shift towards CTC has led to the implementation of e-invoicing, which enables businesses to exchange structured invoice data electronically and replaces traditional paper-based or digital invoices.

The introduction of e-invoicing mandates has reshaped VAT compliance by enforcing stricter reporting standards and requiring digital processes for real-time invoice validation and automated data submission to tax authorities.

Companies need to adapt their compliance strategies and potentially restructure existing processes to meet the demands of automation and increased tax audits.

Under e-invoicing mandates, the following types of transactions typically fall within the scope:

  • Business to Business (B2B) domestic transactions: These are transactions that occur between two businesses within the same country. e-invoicing mandates often require businesses to electronically exchange structured invoice data for B2B transactions.
  • Business to Business (B2B) inter-company transaction: These are transactions that occur within a corporate group. These transactions are impacted by transfer pricing agreements and are subject to the same e-invoicing requirements as other B2B transactions. To date, this is required where domestic VAT groupings are not possible. In 2028, legislation is expected to address cross-border transactions and their subjectivity to e-invoicing.
  • Business to Government (B2G) domestic transactions: These are transactions between businesses and government entities within the same country. e-invoicing mandates typically require businesses to submit electronic invoices to government agencies for B2G transactions.
  • Business to Consumer (B2C) domestic transactions: it is less common than the other transaction types, but it has started being used by Tax Authorities. B2C transactions, which involve sales to individual consumers, are typically not subject to e-invoicing requirements, subject to future regulatory changes.

  • Standard invoices: These are the most common type of e-invoice that businesses use to request payment from their customers.
  • Credit notes: E-invoicing can also be used for credit notes, which are issued when a refund or adjustment is required for a previously issued invoice.
  • Debit notes: Debit notes are issued when additional charges need to be applied to an existing invoice. E-invoicing can also be used for these types of invoices.
  • Proforma invoices: Proforma invoices are preliminary invoices that are issued before the actual goods or services are delivered. E-invoicing can be used to issue proforma invoices as well.
  • Electronic billing statements: Some businesses use e-invoicing to send electronic billing statements to their customers on a periodic basis, summarizing all the invoices and payments made during a specific time period.
  • Self-billing invoices: An agreement between supplier and customer where the customer is authorised to generate invoices on the supplier's behalf.

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